Chipsave contacted me a long long time ago via The Plasterers Forum® and they were on the lookout for some testers for anew product they were looking at launching. I of course looked at it and it looked like it had potential and so passed the details on of some trusted plasterers from our community to give it test. ChipSave is a unique recycling tray that allows you to catch excess … [Read more...]
Drylining contractor cuts waste and costs with Knauf
Close collaboration between Knauf and Sound Interiors enabled the drylining contractor to cut waste to in industry-leading level of just 9% on a £15 million project building a new school in Rochdale, Lancashire. St Cuthbert’s Business & Enterprise College was built as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme to cater for 1400 pupils on behalf of Rochdale MBC. Sound … [Read more...]
Safeguard’s Swift Response To Damp Gets BBA Approval
After a rigorous series of tests, the British Board of Agrément (BBA) has certified the Safeguard Europe’s Dryzone Express Replastering System which enables a skilled operative to treat rising damp, re-plaster and complete re-decoration in 24 hours. The system developed by Safeguard – the UK’s leading specialist in damp- and waterproofing, and masonry repair solutions – condenses the process of … [Read more...]
Saint-Gobain Weber Transforms Preston Homes In Eco Funded Upgrade
Almost 200 properties in Hesketh Road, Preston, Lancashire, have been totally transformed with the application of External Wall Insulation (EWI) by Saint-Gobain Weber. Half of the properties are in private ownership and half are owned by Community Gateway Association (CGA). Having assembled a portfolio of their properties that required thermal upgrade improvement, CGA instigated the detailed … [Read more...]
Knauf SFS Speeds Construction At Prestige Development
The final phase of Crest Nicholson's established development of new homes in Portishead, Bristol Ninety4 on the Estuary was built using SFS infill panels from Knauf for speed and quality of construction. Consisting of 94 one and two-bedroom apartments, the development consists of three concrete-framed blocks that are raked in ascending order of height from four to six storeys. Located along the … [Read more...]
The All New Plasterers Forum®
It's been 5 big solid years for The Plasterers Forum and in those years, we have grown to be the biggest plastering related resource to have every existed with almost 500,000 posts and approximately 30,000 topics. So it goes without saying that TPF is going places. I have been exceptionally sidetracked the last 12 months with my renovation project and a number of other big projects and after … [Read more...]
The EZE 24 and EZE K4 Plastering Machines
PFT Central – Plasterers 1 Stop Shop have an ever expanding range of plastering tools and plastering machines. They are constantly developing and improving based on the feedback they get from plasterers who use them and this most definitely puts PFT Central in the Plasterers News innovation category. What PFT Central been doing recently? Well PFT Central have launched a number of plastering … [Read more...]
Readymix Plasters Put Student Digs On Fast Track
More than 100,000m2 of Airless Readymix Plaster developed by Knauf – the UK’s leading manufacturer of lightweight building materials and systems – has accelerated construction and simplified supply chains on a scheme to transform a former brownfield site into one of the largest student developments in Europe. Built in three phases by Metnor Construction, the Portland Green student village on … [Read more...]
Jewson Pledges £100k For Community Regeneration Projects
Builders’ merchant, Jewson, is asking tradespeople up and down the country to put forward local community projects that are in need of a transformation. As part of its Building Better Communities project, Jewson is offering communities across the country the chance to win a share of a £100,000 prize which can be spent on anything from a new roof for their village hall, to a much need coat of … [Read more...]
Einstein And Safeguard Share The Science Of Rising Damp
What do Albert Einstein and rising damp have in common? Safeguard’s seminar Rising Damp: Causes and Treatment has the answer (and it’s capillarity*). Aimed at architects, builders and other specifiers, this RIBA-accredited seminar has been designed to help professionals keep up-to-date with the latest materials and systems, and can help them meet their ongoing commitments to Continued Professional … [Read more...]
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